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Terraced three-bay four-storey house over exposed basement, built c.1770, one of pair with rusticated granite ground floor. Now forming part of Belvedere Hotel. Pitched slate roof with black clay ridge tiles and two shared chimneystacks to south and one chimneystack to north behind rebuilt parapet wall with square granite ashlar coping. Red brick walls laid in Flemish bond to rusticated granite ground floor with continuous granite sill course, above rendered wall to basement. Square-headed window openings with gauged red brick voussoirs and patent reveals and granite sills. Replacement timber sliding sash windows, nine-over-six pane to ground and first floors, six-over-six to basement and second floors, and three-over-three to top floor. Round-headed door opening with original cobweb fanlight and painted stone projecting bolection-moulded architrave flanking replacement timber panelled door. Door opens onto two narrow granite steps, granite platform and further three granite steps flanked by moulded granite plinth with replacement railings and matching gate enclosing basement area to south. Original granite flagged pavement and kerbstones with two coal-hole covers, one original with foliate pattern and later replacement.

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